Post Your Black and Whites Photos!!

[lucien]

 

[lucien]

 

[lucien]

 

[lucien]

 

[lucien]

 

[lucien]

 

[lucien]

 

[Nikos_St]

What makes you converting a picture into B&W instead of letting in its original colour?

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[wev]

What makes you converting a picture into B&W instead of letting in its original colour?

Sent from my Nexus 5

Are you asking someone specifically or just in general?

 

[Nikos_St]

Are you asking someone specifically or just in general?

In general.. Just to see other's opinion.

Sent from my Nexus 5

 

[RON_RIP]

I will often do a quick conversion in Aperture just to see how well a photo will convert. For me, it is great contrast between light and dark with sharp blacks and an unmuddy look. Many photos just don't make the grade. In many ways I find black and white to be much more critical to achieve than colour.

 

[Horoscope Fish]

What makes you converting a picture into B&W instead of letting in its original colour?

Color can sometimes be, and often is, a powerful distraction.

Subjects with commanding shapes, or distinctive tones, often convert well to black and white in my opinion. I also like to see strong contrast; really white whites and really black blacks. A whole frame of middle greys is just... Bleh.
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[480sparky]

More images from the film lab (aka, the darkroom):

Having nothing else to do Sunday, I struck out early to try out a couple lenses I received Saturday for the Shen Hao 4x5.... a Camulet 210mm f/5.6 and a Nikkor 90mm f/8.

Here's what I've processed so far:

Never did put the 90 to use... mostly used the 210mm!

 

[Horoscope Fish]

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Back to Ballet Class​

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[cozywon]

Downtown St. Paul, MN taken from the steps of the St. Paul Cathedral. This is a composite. I actually took the picture of the sky at my job in Minneapolis. Shot with a Nikon D7100 and Sigma 35mm f1.4.

 

[coolbus18]

F5, Nikkor 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 , Kodak Tmax 400

 

[MAMF]

 

[wev]

 

[Michael J.]

 

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